Efficient Quality Controller for Video Encoding IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference (VCIP 2026) – December 13–16, 2026, Singapore Authors: Yiying Wei (AAU, Austria), Hadi Amirpour (AAU, Austria), and Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Traditional video streaming relies on Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) algorithms that encode videos at fixed bitrate-resolution pairs. As a result, a rate controller is essential to ensure that […]
On September 2nd 2026, Dr Felix Schniz organised a Video Game Cultures Meet-and-Greet event. Supported by ITEC and the Förderverein technische Fakultät, this newly conceptualized event was supposed to create a bridge between students in technical master’s programmes, on PhD tracks working with technology, and even later career steps that are, in one capacity or […]
Title: Cloud, Edge, or Split? Profiling Onboard and Split Vision-Language Model Deployment for Drone AI Authors: Zoha Azimi, Reza Farahani, Schahram Dustdar, Christian Timmerer The 4th International Symposium on Edge Intelligence, Trustworthy and Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (iEDGE 2026) October 27-30, 2026 – Paris, France Abstract: Vision-Language Models (VLMs) enable edge devices like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to interpret visual […]
Title: Towards AI-Assisted Sustainable Adaptive Video Streaming Systems: Tutorial and Survey Authors: Reza Farahani, Zoha Azimi, Christian Timmerer, Radu Prodan Journal: ACM Computing Surveys Abstract: Improvements in networking technologies and the steadily increasing number of users, as well as the shift from traditional broadcasting to streaming content over the Internet, have made video applications (Video-on-Demand (VoD) and live […]
Title: Who Gets to Make Games? Rethinking Tools for Community-Based Game Jams Conference: International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events 2026 Author: Kseniia Harshina Abstract: Game accessibility is often discussed in relation to players, but access to game-making is also unevenly distributed. This short paper examines how authoring tools shape participation in community-based […]
Title: You have a long way to go”: Migrant and Displaced People as Authors in a Storytelling Game Jam Conference: CHI Play 2026 Authors: Kseniia Harshina, Ameneh Safari, Tom Tucek Abstract: Games about migration and displacement are often framed through empathy: they invite players to understand experiences of border crossing, bureaucracy, loss, or uncertainty from a […]
From Pixels to Semantics: Where Streaming Trends Meet the Container Christian Timmerer (AAU/Bitmovin, Austria) Abstract: The next inflection in streaming isn’t a codec — it’s three pressures (efficiency, low-latency live, and AI-native media) converging on the systems layer, with concrete implications for the MPEG Systems and ITU-T SG21 roadmap drawn from Bitmovin and the ATHENA […]
On 25.06.2026, Hadi Amirpourazarian defended his habilitation thesis, “The Predictive Video Encoding Using Visual Complexity Analysis” Congratulations! Committee members: Prof. Wolfgang Faber (Chairperson), Prof. Eckehard Steinbach (External Member), Prof. Wilfried Elmenreich, Prof. Barbara Kaltenbacher, Katharina Stengg, Yuliia Lomonosova, Christoph Rauter
Dr Felix Schniz participated in the podcast “Rock my Worlds of English” to promote the Master’s Programme in Game Studies and Engineering. The full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f4wSWb8SD48yFIsTDnG1I?si=Ha53h2m8Txe1LZuiTjJ-EA
Title: GNS-GAN: A novel GAN model based on gradient noise suppression Authors: Hongyou Chen, Lingfeng Qu, Baodan Tian, Yutong He, Yong Fan, Hadi Amirpour, Christian Timmerer and Yao Xin Journal: Applied Soft Computing Abstract: Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are widely applicable generative models. However, ensuring stability in adversarial learning remains a significant challenge in current GAN training. Gradient noise, […]